Marcus Paus

can anyone find a video of hijm playing his 46 nps song? i found this http://fabienm.club.fr/paus/secret.mp3 though.

Godly Moose

05-02-2006, 11:30 PM

That is the song he supposedly plays 44.6 nps.

eXor

05-03-2006, 05:21 AM

noooo,
Marcus Paus doesn't exist.
He's a myth.
and the song is sped up btw.

Freepower

05-03-2006, 07:12 AM

He does EXIST. But he didnt play 44.6nps. :)

Resiliance

05-03-2006, 07:14 AM

Are there still people who care? I thought they all left...

Stratwizard

05-03-2006, 08:10 AM

NOOOO!!! Paus threads are coming back along with the GNR threads... :rolleyes:

Archaon

05-03-2006, 08:54 AM

Dude, it's sped up. The first time I heard this though a while ago it was pretty cool, now it's just meh.

apocalypse13

05-04-2006, 04:24 PM

BS

/end of thread]

Evil_Empire24-7

05-04-2006, 07:03 PM

He does EXIST. But he didnt play 44.6nps. :)how do u know ? :)

PooKoo

05-04-2006, 07:04 PM

i hate my life.

TheUltimateSin

05-04-2006, 07:22 PM

:rolleyes: Silly nub. Do you know anything? This guy (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3696772496625670&q=shredding) clearly plays circles around Paus, as well as the rest of the shredders out there.

/sarcasm

apocalypse13

05-04-2006, 09:42 PM

ahahaha that video's classic

It never gets old. Neither do the knights who say Ni

Freepower

05-05-2006, 05:17 AM

how do u know ? :)

Thanks to Resi, i've seen a movie or two he's composed the soundtrack for, and thanks to another forum i've seen his myspace - classical, obviously. :)

Evil_Empire24-7

05-05-2006, 06:03 AM

^well that's kool :)

bout this caspersens secret fetish song , is it really that fast or it's sped up ?

apocalypse13

05-05-2006, 02:38 PM

sped up obviously

Freepower

05-05-2006, 02:40 PM

As far as i know, its not actually that fast, its a miscalculation on the behalf of the people that were doing the adjudicating. :)

Stratwizard

05-05-2006, 03:12 PM

Eh, but Paus is still in the "fastest shredder list"... Shouldn't he be removed from there? I mean, the whole song is pretty controversial...

PooKoo

05-05-2006, 03:17 PM

well it does state that noone knows.

Stratwizard

05-05-2006, 03:23 PM

Yeah, but he's still on top of the list.

PooKoo

05-05-2006, 03:48 PM

true.

Freepower

05-05-2006, 04:00 PM

Eh, that whole thing needs updating really. And i still cant/dont really believe that lane did that run as transcribed - its nines, sure, but whats the tempo, and is it REALLY consistent? And i want a bit of finality before that run goes at the top. That and francesco fareri, got those two, but theres a minor addition here and there.

Evil_Empire24-7

05-05-2006, 04:25 PM

^bout ''race into the light'' by chris impellitteri , i saw the tab but it doesn't seem to be 20.1 nps !!!!

Freepower

05-05-2006, 04:28 PM

Indeed it doesnt. Well noticed. :)

Evil_Empire24-7

05-05-2006, 04:32 PM

So why u posted it ?

Freepower

05-05-2006, 04:35 PM

Because i didnt think to check because i trusted Axey's info. Turns out a lot of it was BS. So im revising the list currently. You're the first to spot that, apparently.

Evil_Empire24-7

05-05-2006, 04:40 PM

why u didn't post when is the time of the nps in the song so that people can hear it ?

Distorted

05-07-2006, 10:27 PM

i have heard that marcus paus is a real guitar player, and that he really did play the guitar parts that fast. But he sort of went away, because he only did it because of his medical condition. and I think Paganini had the same condition. But I might be wrong. either way, most evidence supports the fact that he was just a talented freak. Both Marcus and Paganini.

Also, i read somewhere that there is someone that played over 10000000 nps, and he did it just to make fun of guitar players that thought speed was important.

Beckerism

05-07-2006, 10:41 PM

i have heard that marcus paus is a real guitar player, and that he really did play the guitar parts that fast. But he sort of went away, because he only did it because of his medical condition. and I think Paganini had the same condition. But I might be wrong. either way, most evidence supports the fact that he was just a talented freak. Both Marcus and Paganini.

Also, i read somewhere that there is someone that played over 10000000 nps, and he did it just to make fun of guitar players that thought speed was important.

:haha . Anyways, Paganini's disorder/jointedness allowed him to have major stretchage. I think Marcus' supposive disorder was rapid neurological movement or some ****, so different things.

TheUltimateSin

05-07-2006, 10:59 PM

^And Paganini was no freak either. He was a musical genius and just plain one talented mofo to boot. ;)

Freepower

05-08-2006, 07:16 AM

Marcus? He was just a huge lane fan who practiced like **** for a few years. So he was FAST. No disorder.

And paganini? I dont think he had any medical condition, just super flexible hands. A lot of people who have been seriously playing an instrument since childhood have this. A friend of mine can almost bend the back of his palm into his arm. Shawn Lane could get his fingertips to touch his wrist - backwards. Paganini had small hands but could stretch like billy-o.

You get the idea. Rubber hands seem to arrive for young prodigies.

HammerForce

05-08-2006, 07:51 AM

His flexibility may have been a result of Marfan syndrome or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

found that on Wikipedia Re Paganini. It also says that he DID in fact play guitar, man that would've been sweet.

Freepower

05-08-2006, 08:18 AM

Didntcha know? He wrote for guitar, i have a few cds. Crap compared to his violin stuff. He carried it everywhere. And he was a cello and mandolin player as well.

Kinda like Yngwie plays bass and drums (not drum'n'bass, lol) and Shawn played piano and drums - no-one remembers because the instrument they fronted bands with and were best on was guitar. :)

Stratwizard

05-08-2006, 08:45 AM

Shawn Lane could get his fingertips to touch his wrist - backwards.

Umm... WTF?

Tom Martin

05-08-2006, 10:39 AM

^^ You heard the man. Now get practicing.

Resiliance

05-08-2006, 11:50 AM

Paganini DID have some weird finger thing that allowed him to do crazy **** though.

Evil_Empire24-7

05-08-2006, 01:11 PM

a myth about paganini is that he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his monster-technique but who would believe such a ****.

his health deteriorated due to somekind of cancer which caused him the ability to speak but he kept playing the violin till he died.

the night before his tragic death it's said the he could be heard improvising wildly on the violin.

scheck006

05-08-2006, 02:21 PM

yea I heard he went into a crazy improv for like 3 hours and then died

TheUltimateSin

05-08-2006, 02:46 PM

He had cancer of the larynx

scheck006

05-08-2006, 05:41 PM

pwned

PooKoo

05-08-2006, 05:51 PM

^ might just be me, but that wasnt funny.

Godly Moose

05-08-2006, 06:30 PM

a myth about paganini is that he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his monster-technique but who would believe such a ****.

No that's Crossraods, and the kid from karate kid should never be aloud to act like he's playing the guitar.

scheck006

05-08-2006, 06:40 PM

he did fake it pretty well.

TheUltimateSin

05-08-2006, 09:09 PM

pwned

:confused: Dude...wtf are you talking about

Erich yeung

05-08-2006, 10:07 PM

No that's Crossraods, and the kid from karate kid should never be aloud to act like he's playing the guitar.

What the **** are you talking about, Vai was the possessed guitar player not the karate kid, Ry Cooder, and the other guy was talking about how people used to say that paginini played like he was possessed, not that he sold his soul to the devil, and even if they did say that, they obviously didn't mean it literally, dumbass.

Godly Moose

05-08-2006, 10:51 PM

What the **** are you talking about, Vai was the possessed guitar player not the karate kid, Ry Cooder, and the other guy was talking about how people used to say that paginini played like he was possessed, not that he sold his soul to the devil, and even if they did say that, they obviously didn't mean it literally, dumbass.

The harmonica player(whose name escapes me right now), and Robert Johnson suposedly sold their soul to the devil at the the crossroads. And I'm talking about the kid that I'm pretty sure is from karate kid act's like he's playing the song at the end, but it was really recorded by Vai. Don't try to pass me off as a asshat.

TheUltimateSin

05-08-2006, 11:13 PM

Hey!....... Peace dudes. Peace...

mr_clapton

05-09-2006, 03:52 AM

no actually i am pretty sure it was rumoured paganini sold his soul to the devil and he milked it for all it was worth, i heard that at performances when playing he would roll his eyes into the back of his head just to freak people out

Freepower

05-09-2006, 05:12 AM

Paganini DID have some weird finger thing that allowed him to do crazy **** though.
Undoubtably, but it wonder how much of his "condition" was due to "conditioning", as i've seen a lotta people who develop extreme rubberhands.

his health deteriorated due to somekind of cancer which caused him the ability to speak but he kept playing the violin till he died.

He was ill all his life, rather like our Lane chappy, he was never really healthy after a certain age, and had many lung and digestive problems. Often a tour would let him get fresh air and he often took them for his health.

Y'know he made more money (comparitively) than metallica?

mr_clapton

05-09-2006, 05:15 AM

thats cause he was the the first say rockstar, he was the first to go and perform unaccompanied with his violin and it was him playing his songs not an orchestra

Evil_Empire24-7

05-09-2006, 06:31 AM

Y'know he made more money (comparitively) than metallica?they had RIAA in thier days ? :haha

TheUltimateSin

05-09-2006, 08:12 AM

no actually i am pretty sure it was rumoured paganini sold his soul to the devil and he milked it for all it was worth, i heard that at performances when playing he would roll his eyes into the back of his head just to freak people out

That's right. And actually, it has been said that Paganini may have even started those rumors himself. But that is just speculation. You can go ahead and call him up if you want to know for sure.......

Mad Marius

05-09-2006, 08:15 AM

no actually i am pretty sure it was rumoured paganini sold his soul to the devil and he milked it for all it was worth, i heard that at performances when playing he would roll his eyes into the back of his head just to freak people out

Back in those days (end of 18th century I think), when the christian church was almighty, it wasn't considered "cool" and rebelious to be posessed by the devil. In fact, people were burned alive for that sort of thing.

No, the rumor that his songs were the work of the devil was spread by his colleagues from music school, because he was so much better than them and they were jealous.

If you can find it, I reccomend you read the absolutely brilliant book "Condemnation of Paganini" by A. Vinogradov.

EDIT: http://www.antiqbook.co.uk/boox/rya/28778.shtml

Beckerism

05-09-2006, 09:45 AM

"According to Philip Sandblom in his book Creativity and Disease few geniuses have experienced such lucky agonies as Paganini, bedeviled by a host of chronic complaints, including Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, marked by excessive flexibility of the joints. ?This enabled Paganini to perform the astonishing double-stoppings and roulades for which he was famous?, Sandblom writes. ?His wrist was so loose that he could move and twist it in all directions. Although his hand was not disproportional he could thus double its reach and play in the first three positions without shifting.?

http://www.paganini.com/nicolo/nicindex.htm

wil

05-09-2006, 04:15 PM

ive read that he played up to the 'possessed' rumours by refusing the last rites upon his deathbed, but im a little sceptical of this.

TheUltimateSin

05-09-2006, 04:22 PM

^I heard that somewhere too, quite some time ago before I had any good idea of who Paganini was though. I also am not too sure about that one. But, I am not knowledgeable enough of the man and his life to know.

Metalology

05-09-2006, 05:07 PM

The whole Marcus Paus thing is retarded. The best part of that song was the bass, actually I would like to learn the bass part for it. I love the begining though.

PooKoo

05-09-2006, 05:10 PM

i actually thought the slow part of that song was cool too.

Metalology

05-09-2006, 05:17 PM

It has a very 'Primus' feel to it.

Evil_Empire24-7

05-09-2006, 06:04 PM

^Well it's Avant-Garde

Vital remains

05-09-2006, 07:33 PM

hey what if paus was playing a 36-fret guitar?

Evil_Empire24-7

05-10-2006, 02:33 AM

^So ?

Freepower

05-10-2006, 04:29 AM

ive read that he played up to the 'possessed' rumours by refusing the last rites upon his deathbed, but im a little sceptical of this.

I heard that too. He was never buried on holy ground. :)

PooKoo

05-10-2006, 06:53 AM

what im curious about, as to paganini, is how, if he had such wierd joints and all, are people able to play his songs now?

Resiliance

05-10-2006, 07:04 AM

^There's only been like ... 10 or so violinists who could play all 24 caprices.

TheUltimateSin

05-10-2006, 08:08 AM

^Yeah. From what I've read, the majority of his stuff remains extremely complex even by todays standards and there are few who possess the necessary abilities to play most of his pieces.

scheck006

05-10-2006, 02:02 PM

10 people that play all 24 caprices...out of how many people who seriously try and keep at it?

I'm never going to play all 24 because I don't have the motivation to. I can't see them being so hard that I'll never be able to play them if I were to practice them though

^There's only been like ... 10 or so violinists who could play all 24 caprices.

ah alright, i just know from what i've seen.

Freepower

05-10-2006, 03:53 PM

I'm never going to play all 24 because I don't have the motivation to. I can't see them being so hard that I'll never be able to play them if I were to practice them though

That what **** players have always said. "Practice and i can do it".

The good players are not the people that say "I could do it" most. They're the ones who ****ING DO.

The Caprices are RIDICULOUSLY hard. To try and bring them down to your level because you feel entitled to greatness, quite frankly, pisses me off.

Beckerism

05-10-2006, 05:20 PM

That what **** players have always said. "Practice and i can do it".

The good players are not the people that say "I could do it" most. They're the ones who ****ING DO.

The Caprices are RIDICULOUSLY hard. To try and bring them down to your level because you feel entitled to greatness, quite frankly, pisses me off.

Thanks for summing up my exact sentiment. I just decided to post the sound clip of one instead. :p:

scheck006

05-10-2006, 06:46 PM

That what **** players have always said. "Practice and i can do it".

The good players are not the people that say "I could do it" most. They're the ones who ****ING DO.

The Caprices are RIDICULOUSLY hard. To try and bring them down to your level because you feel entitled to greatness, quite frankly, pisses me off.

they may be rediculously hard, but that doesn't mean they are impossible, and how am I bringing them down?

Evil_Empire24-7

05-10-2006, 07:20 PM

That what **** players have always said. "Practice and i can do it".

The good players are not the people that say "I could do it" most. They're the ones who ****ING DO.

The Caprices are RIDICULOUSLY hard. To try and bring them down to your level because you feel entitled to greatness, quite frankly, pisses me off.If anyone is serious about playing any of the caprices he can do it ;)

Tom Martin

05-10-2006, 08:07 PM

10 people that play all 24 caprices...out of how many people who seriously try and keep at it?

I'm never going to play all 24 because I don't have the motivation to. I can't see them being so hard that I'll never be able to play them if I were to practice them though

Why, yes you are correct. But I think you underestimate just how much 'enough' practice is. You will never be able to play them if you practice for anything less than 8 hours a day.

I found out something really depressing the other day, I've been playing guitar for twice as long as Francesco Fareri had been when he released 'Suspension'. That makes me feel so inadequate :( In four years he clocked up 33nps and all I can just manage 33 a minute :(

scheck006

05-10-2006, 09:11 PM

I don't really underestimate them at all.

Vital remains

05-10-2006, 09:25 PM

^So ?

well people said it was sped up because the pitch was so high, but he could have just been playing it an octave above, maybe.....

apocalypse13

05-10-2006, 09:39 PM

Why, yes you are correct. But I think you underestimate just how much 'enough' practice is. You will never be able to play them if you practice for anything less than 8 hours a day.

I found out something really depressing the other day, I've been playing guitar for twice as long as Francesco Fareri had been when he released 'Suspension'. That makes me feel so inadequate :( In four years he clocked up 33nps and all I can just manage 33 a minute :(
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

He'd only played FOUR YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!

:wtf::wtf::wtf:

PooKoo

05-10-2006, 09:41 PM

haha ive been playing two!!!

and i can play... uhh.... 10-15 nps depending on the day? maybe?

i dunno, one of you all (nevermorepsalm?), said he heard me go like 14-15 on something, but i doubt it, still, hes smarter then me.

if 15 is more then i think it is, i sincerely apologize, i dont wanna pull a fp...

TheUltimateSin

05-10-2006, 11:27 PM

Only 4 years? Now I really look like **** comaparatively. I've been playing guitar for like 6+ years and I still suck :sad:

Oh well. Eventually I can only get better so... :o

Stratwizard

05-11-2006, 09:09 AM

I've played about three years, but I've wasted too much time on easy crap...